69: Chapter 69 A Desperate Gamble: Enlightenment Through the River

Since the end of the Dark Era, the Undead Clan has resided in the Samsara Realm to cultivate, and their strength has advanced by leaps and bounds.

Now, the clan has five thousand Hunyuan Golden Immortals, and millions of Daluo Golden Immortals.

In addition, there are over thirty Half-step Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortals.

The total number of citizens in the Undead Clan has already surpassed the trillion mark, which can be described as vast as the sea.

In terms of combat power alone, the Undead Clan is enough to sweep across all realms of the Primordial World!

— The premise is, without considering the existence of the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao is the embodiment of the order of the Primordial World, and as the world evolves, its power continues to surge.

Since its awakening until now, only six kalpas have passed, and its strength has jumped from being comparable to the early stage of the Supreme Realm to the middle stage.

Although Jiang Chen can currently contend with the Heavenly Dao, even if he led the Undead army to stir up another bloody storm and recreate the chaos of the Dark Era, he would not be able to truly shake the foundation of the Heavenly Dao.

Instead, it would completely tear apart the balance between them, leading to mutual destruction.

This is the fundamental reason why Jiang Chen has been delaying letting the Undead Clan appear in the world.

Of course, the Heavenly Dao cannot do anything to him either. After all, he is the Lord of the Earthly Dao, recognized by the origin of the Primordial World.

However, as the Primordial World becomes increasingly perfect and the Heavenly Dao grows stronger day by day, even though Jiang Chen's cultivation speed is astonishing, it is still difficult to keep up with the growth trend of the Heavenly Dao.

Furthermore, the Samsara World is still in gestation and has not yet fully taken shape.

The longer time passes, the greater the gap between the two will become.

This is the true hidden worry in Jiang Chen's heart.

On the surface, he has been confronting the Heavenly Dao for many years and has always had a slight upper hand.

In reality, the Heavenly Dao has been dormant and enduring, waiting for the right moment to launch a thunderous counterattack!

Jiang Chen is well aware of this. He has never underestimated this supreme existence — the Heavenly Dao, as the ruler of the Primordial World, is by no means an enemy that can be easily controlled.

Back to the main point. The Four Great Corpse Kings saw Jiang Chen's solemn expression and knew that there must be something important for this summons.

"Next, I will entrust you with a major mission," Jiang Chen said in a deep voice, his tone unquestionable.

"We are willing to go through fire and water for the Ancestor, and we will not refuse even if we die ten thousand times!" the four responded in unison, their vows resounding.

"Good!"

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, a look of satisfaction appearing in his eyes. Compared to Pangu's lineage, he trusts the Undead Clan more, because this clan was created by his own hands, and the life and death of all living beings are tied to his single thought.

He waved his hand, and an ancient giant gate appeared in the void, its entire body surrounded by obscure and difficult-to-understand fluctuations of the Law of Space-Time.

This gate is not an ordinary spatial passage, but a more profound "Gate of Space-Time," which can travel between the River of Time and Space and the endless void.

"Follow me."

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Chen stepped into the gate first, followed closely by the Four Great Corpse Kings, disappearing into the brilliance.

At that time, in the depths of the Eternal Chaos, there was a realm called the Corpse God Realm.

As early as the beginning of the Eighth Era, Jiang Chen had opened up a new domain here. After evolving for a complete era, the Corpse God Realm had already taken initial shape.

Now, this heaven and earth have begun to nurture life. Although there are few living beings, each one is gifted and has infinite potential.

The reason is none other than — back then, Jiang Chen used the souls and corpses of all living beings who died in the Primordial World between the two eras as a foundation to nourish this realm, only then did he have today's result.

Although the Corpse God Realm is currently only at the level of a Major Thousand Worlds, its future is limitless.

It even has the potential to ascend to an Eternal World, but that requires unimaginable accumulation of time and resources.

Just at this moment, above the high sky, a Gate of Space-Time opened silently, and Jiang Chen stepped out of it with the Four Great Corpse Kings.

"This... where is this?!"

The Four Great Corpse Kings looked around, stunned and speechless. They immediately sensed that this place was definitely not the Primordial World — because every strand of aura was permeated with the familiar power of the Undead bloodline.

That's right, all life born in the Corpse God Realm are descendants of the Undead Clan!

"This is the Corpse God Realm," Jiang Chen spoke slowly, "an independent world created by me in the depths of the chaos."

Looking at the vast land beneath his feet, he smiled rarely.

In Jiang Chen's heart, neither the Sea of Blood nor the Samsara World can be compared to the Corpse God Realm.

Only because the Corpse God Realm is not bound by the rules of the Primordial World and can develop freely.

More importantly — in this realm, Jiang Chen is the Heavenly Dao!

In other words, the stronger the Corpse God Realm becomes, the more powerful Jiang Chen's strength becomes!

"Corpse God Realm!" The pupils of the Four Great Corpse Kings dilated, muttering, as if their minds had been captured by these two words.

Jiang Chen turned to look at the four, his face suddenly turning solemn.

"I bestow upon you a mission — lead the undead creatures of our clan and step into those hidden foreign worlds in the Eternal Chaos. Your only goal is to create chaos, use any means necessary to devour the origin of those worlds, and channel them all into the Corpse God Realm!"

"There is no need to worry about your whereabouts being exposed; I will conceal your aura, making it difficult for the heavenly secrets to be glimpsed."

Time is like an illusion, changing in an instant.

One hundred thousand years is nothing but a snap of the fingers.

The Eternal Chaos is the place where heaven and earth have not yet opened, without light or form, without birth or death, only a dead silence of darkness stretching endlessly.

Here, even space and time have not yet formed, as if all existence has been completely wiped out.

"Take care, Ancestor!" The Four Great Corpse Kings bowed together, deeply kowtowing to Jiang Chen.

"Go." Jiang Chen nodded gently.

As the words fell, the four figures stepped into the mottled and ancient bronze coffin behind them.

Hum—

Chaotic light waves suddenly rippled out, like ripples spreading, and the bronze coffin slowly rose into the sky, then broke into the depths of the chaos, moving further and further away.

Jiang Chen stood still, watching them leave, a rare heaviness flashing between his brows.

This layout is truly a desperate gamble. To contend with the Heavenly Dao, he spared no effort to exhaust his foundation — the Four Great Corpse Kings went on an expedition, taking away ninety percent of the Undead Clan's citizens, and even the entire Corpse God Realm, all hidden in that bronze coffin.

When discussing the Dao with Yang Mei in the past, he once said: At the time of Pangu opening the heavens, more than a dozen Chaos Fiendgods luckily escaped, but they were all seriously injured and dying, eventually escaping into the Eternal Chaos, evolving worlds, and falling into a deep sleep.

According to Yang Mei, although these Fiendgods had not completely perished, they were nearly withered, with only a wisp of remnant consciousness remaining, and it would take immeasurable kalpas to have hope of recovery.

At that time, Yang Mei proudly declared: In the chaos, the only one truly alive is he, Yang Mei.

It was that remark that quietly planted the seeds of ambition in Jiang Chen's heart — to seize the worlds transformed by those sleeping Fiendgods and make them his own!

"Eternity..." Jiang Chen sighed in a low voice, his voice hidden with the desolation of eternity.

Along the way, everything he has done is for these two words.

This is his ultimate obsession as a zombie, and his only pursuit in life!

Now, he is only in the middle stage of the Heavenly Venerable Realm, with the Supreme Realm and the Chaos Realm still blocking his path ahead. Only the last step is to transcend all Daos and attain eternity.

The road ahead is long, and the work is not yet finished.

"It's time to go into seclusion."

As the words fell, Jiang Chen's figure flickered and disappeared completely into the chaotic void.

In the next instant, above the River of Time and Space, a purple shadow appeared out of thin air, and it was indeed Jiang Chen.

Looking down at the rushing torrent of time beneath his feet, his gaze was firm and unwavering.

"Only the last step is missing, and the Law of Space-Time can be perfected."

After speaking, he sat cross-legged, his body slowly sinking into the long river, beginning to comprehend the supreme principles of space and time flowing within it.